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2006 BRFSS Survey Results: Northeast Partnership II**

Prostate Cancer Counseling

Has a doctor or other health professional ever talked with you about having any kind of screening test or exam to check for prostate cancer?*

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  Total
Respond.^
Yes No
N % C.I.(95%) N % C.I.(95%)
North Carolina 4,244 2,920 65.4 63.5-67.2 1,324 34.6 32.8-36.5
-Northeast Partnership II 145 105 66.9 57.1-75.4 40 33.1 24.6-42.9
RACE
White 104 79 72.6 61.3-81.6 25 27.4 18.4-38.7
Other 40 25 55.7 37.9-72.1 15 44.3 27.9-62.1
AGE
18-44 14 5 31.9 13.1-59.2 9 68.1 40.8-86.9
45+ 131 100 73.7 63.8-81.7 31 26.3 18.3-36.2
EDUCATION
H.S. or Less 80 52 58.0 44.7-70.2 28 42.0 29.8-55.3
Some College + 65 53 79.2 65.8-88.3 12 20.8 11.7-34.2
HOUSEHOLD INCOME
Less than $50,000 80 54 57.4 44.2-69.7 26 42.6 30.3-55.8
$50,000+ 49 39 80.4 65.7-89.7 10 19.6 10.3-34.3

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*Question asked of males age 40 and older.

^Use caution in interpreting percentages with a numerator of less than 20. N = numerator, % = Percentage, C.I.(95%) = Confidence Interval (at 95 percent probability level).
Percentages are weighted to population characteristics and therefore cannot be calculated exactly from the numbers in this table.


*Northeast NC I: Bertie, Gates, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton, and Warren counties.
*Northeast NC II: Beaufort, Camden, Chowan, Edgecombe, Hyde, Martin, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington counties.

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